Faecal elastase Immunoturbidimetric calibrators fPELA® turbo BÜHLMANN approx 100 tests to identify & monitor pancreatic insufficiency

Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI), is a condition in which people are unable to adequately digest fats, carbohydrates and proteins due to a lack of digestive enzymes being produced from the pancreas. This results in nutrient malabsorption and malnutrition with severe consequences in the quality of life.
The determination of pancreatic Elastase levels is the most commonly employed indirect test for exocrine pancreatic function. The concentration of the enzyme in feces is five times higher than that in the pancreatic juice. It reflects the level of pancreatic output and correlates also with the output of other pancreatic enzymes such as lipase, amylase, and trypsin
The BÜHLMANN fPELA® turbo is ideal for use in high throughput laboratory environments for identification and monitoring pancreatic insufficiency in patients and can be used on many open access biochemistry analysers. The technology is a milestone in automation of pancreatic elastase quantification. It allows very rapid and flexible random access use, as well as being the ideal solution for high throughput applications in the routine laboratory. The fPELA turbo assay reduces the hands-on time dramatically and allows reporting pancreatic elastase results from human stool samples within shortest time.
Code: B-KPELA-CASET (6 x 1ml calibrators)
Storage conditions: 2-8C. Do NOT freeze
Sample Type: Faeces
Sample preparation: CALEX Cap extraction
Sample volume: 10µl of 1:500 extract
Time to first result: 10 minutes
Assay Range: 10 - 5000µg/g
Assay protocols available: Roche Cobas 6000 (c501/c502), Abbott Architect, Abbott Alinity, Beckman AU series, Mindray analysers - other protocols are being made available
All reagents are ready to use and have an on board stability of 60 days
Calibration is stable for 30 days
< 100 μg elastase/g faeces = severe exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
100 - 200 μg elastase/g faeces = moderate exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
> 200 μg elastase/g faeces = normal exocrine pancreatic function